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Mary Pickford
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Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1894 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian actress resident in the U.S., and also producer, screenwriter and film studio founder, who was a pioneer in the US film industry with a Hollywood career that spanned five decades.
Pickford alongside her future husband, actor-producer Douglas Fairbanks, founded Pickford–Fairbanks Studios and United Artists, and was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Pickford is considered to be one of the most recognisable women in history. Known as "America's Sweetheart" during the silent film era, she is named on the list of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars as the …
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Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1894 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian actress resident in the U.S., and also producer, screenwriter and film studio founder, who was a pioneer in the US film industry with a Hollywood career that spanned five decades. Pickford alongside her future husband, actor-producer Douglas Fairbanks, founded Pickford–Fairbanks Studios and United Artists, and was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Pickford is considered to be one of the most recognisable women in history. Known as "America's Sweetheart" during the silent film era, she is named on the list of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars as the 24th-top female star from the Classical Hollywood Cinema era and the "girl with the curls." Pickford was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of film acting. She was one of the earliest stars to be billed under her own name, and was one of the most popular actresses of the 1910s and 1920s, earning the nickname "Queen of the Movies." She is credited with having defined the ingénue type in cinema. She was awarded the second Academy Award for Best Actress for her first sound film role in Coquette (1929). By the late 1920s, Pickford's career went into decline. She received an Academy Honorary Award in 1976 in consideration of her contributions to American cinema.
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BODY OF WORK
Mary Pickford's Filmography
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
as Self
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
as Self (archive)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Decasia: The State of Decay
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self / Numerous Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood
No Poster
Anniversary
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
The Way of the World
as Dora (Archive Footage)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Secrets
as Mary Marlowe / Mary Carlton
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
as Self (uncredited)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Kiki
as Kiki
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Mary Pickford
The Voice of Hollywood
as Self/Queen of the Movies
The Taming of the Shrew
as Caterina
Coquette
as Norma Besant
The Gaucho
as The Virgin Mary
My Best Girl
as Maggie Johnson
One of Many
as Self (archive footage)
A Kiss from Mary Pickford
as Self (archive footage)
Sparrows
as Molly
The Black Pirate
as Princess Isobel in Final Embrace - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
as Annabelle 'Little Annie' Rooney
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
as Dorothy Vernon
No Poster
Mary and Doug Visit Stockholm
Rosita
as Rosita
Hollywood
as Mary Pickford
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
From Farm to Fame
as Mary Pickford
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Cedric Errol / Widow Errol
Through the Back Door
as Jeanne Bodamere
The Love Light
as Angela Carlotti
Suds
as Amanda Afflick
Pollyanna
as Pollyanna Whittier
Heart o' the Hills
as Mavis Hawn
The Hoodlum
as Amy Burke
Daddy-Long-Legs
as Judy Abbott
Captain Kidd, Jr.
as Mary MacTavish
100% American
as Mayme
Johanna Enlists
as Johanna Renssaller
Cupid Angling
How Could You, Jean?
as Jean Mackaye
M'Liss
as Melissa 'M'liss' Smith
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
as Amarilly Jenkins
Stella Maris
as Miss Stella Maris / Unity Blake
A Little Princess
as Sara Crewe
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Rebecca Randall
The Little American
as Angela Moore
A Romance of the Redwoods
as Jenny Lawrence
The Poor Little Rich Girl
as Gwen
The Pride of the Clan
as Marget MacTavish
Less Than the Dust
as Radha
Hulda from Holland
as Hulda
The Eternal Grind
as Louise
Poor Little Peppina
as Peppina
The Foundling
as Molly O
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho-San
A Girl of Yesterday
as Jane Stuart
Esmeralda
as Esmeralda Rogers
Rags
as Rags / Alice McCloud
No Poster
The Foundling
as Molly O
Little Pal
as 'Little Pal'
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
as Glad
Fanchon, the Cricket
as Fanchon, the Cricket
Mistress Nell
as Nell Gwyn
Cinderella
as Cinderella
Behind the Scenes
as Dolly Lane
Such a Little Queen
as Queen Anna Victoria
The Eagle's Mate
as Anemone Breckenridge
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tessibel Skinner
A Good Little Devil
as Juliet
Hearts Adrift
as Nina
Caprice
as Mercy Baxter
In the Bishop's Carriage
as Nance Olden
The Unwelcome Guest
as Jessie - the Slavey
The New York Hat
as Mary Harding, the Daughter
The Informer
as The Confederate Captain's Sweetheart
My Baby
as The Wife
No Poster
The One She Loved
as The Wife
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
as The Daughter
So Near, Yet So Far
as The Young Woman
Friends
as Dora - the Orphan
A Pueblo Legend
as The Indian Girl
With the Enemy's Help
as Faro Kate
The Inner Circle
as The Rich Italian's Daughter
The Narrow Road
as Mrs. Jim Holcomb
An Indian Summer
as The Widow's Daughter
The School Teacher and the Waif
as Nora, the Waif
Lena and the Geese
as Lena
Home Folks
as The Young Woman
A Beast at Bay
as The Young Woman
A Lodging for the Night
as The Mexican Girl
The Old Actor
as The Old Actor's Daughter
Won by a Fish
as The Woman
No Poster
Just Like a Woman
as The Young Woman
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife's Sister
Fate's Interception
as The Mexican Girl
Iola's Promise
as Iola
A Timely Repentance
as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
The Mender of Nets
as The Little Net-Mender
No Poster
Honor Thy Father
as Mary Fuller
No Poster
The Caddy's Dream
as Miss Kelsomine
No Poster
How Mary Fixed it
as Mary
No Poster
The Portrait
as Little Vera - the Model
Little Red Riding Hood
as Little Red Riding Hood
No Poster
Love Heeds Not Showers
as Mary
The Courting of Mary
as Mary
No Poster
From the Bottom of the Sea
as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
His Dress Shirt
as Mrs. Kirby
The Better Way
as Lillian Garvey - a Salvation Army Lass
No Poster
The Sentinel Asleep
as Unknown Role
The Rose's Story
as Unknown Role
'Tween Two Loves
as Grace
The Toss of a Coin
as Alice Barton - the Farmer's Daughter
As a Boy Dreams
No Poster
The Call of the Song
as Amy Gordon
No Poster
The Skating Bug
as The Girl
No Poster
Science
as Mrs. Crawford
No Poster
At a Quarter of Two
as Mrs Warren
No Poster
A Gasoline Engagement
as Flora Powell
For the Queen's Honor
as Princess Gilda
In the Sultan's Garden
as Hadee
In the Sultan's Garden
as Haidee
No Poster
Behind the Stockade
as Florence Williams
No Poster
Back to the Soil
as Sadie Allen
No Poster
The Lighthouse Keeper
as Polly Berry - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
No Poster
The Master and the Man
as Elsie Graham
No Poster
For Her Brother's Sake
as Madge Spotwood
No Poster
The Fair Dentist
as Edith Morton - The Fair Dentist
The Temptress
as Lucille Allen
No Poster
Second Sight
as Gertrude Edgar
No Poster
While There is hope, There is Life
as Unknown Role
No Poster
The Stampede
as Nello
Sweet Memories
as Polly Biblett
In Old Madrid
No Poster
The Fisher-Maid
as Paula, The Fishing-Maid
No Poster
The Secret of the Palm
as Edna
No Poster
The Medallion
as Rumored
No Poster
The Message in the Bottle
as Louise Spencer
A Decree of Destiny
as Mary
No Poster
Tracked
as Unknown Role
A Manly Man
as Lola
Artful Kate
as Artful Kate Stanley
The Convert
as Agnes Boyd
Her Darkest Hour
as Ruth
No Poster
When the Cat's Away
as Dorothy, The Wife
The Mirror
as Dorothy
No Poster
Three Sisters
as Mary
Maid or Man
as Elsie Keene
The Dream
as Nell Herbert
The Italian Barber
as Alice
Their First Misunderstanding
as Mae Darcy
When a Man Loves
as Tessie
No Poster
White Roses
as Betty
A Plain Song
as Edith
The Song of the Wildwood Flute
as Dove Eyes
Sunshine Sue
Simple Charity
as Miss Wilkins
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
A Lucky Toothache
as Bessie
That Chink at Golden Gulch
A Gold Necklace
as Masie
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as Mabel
Wilful Peggy
as Peggy
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
as Mary
When We Were in Our 'Teens
as Mary
The Usurer
as Invalid Daughter
An Arcadian Maid
as The Arcadian Maid
The Call to Arms
as A Messenger
What the Daisy Said
as Martha
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
as Mabel Brown
A Child's Impulse
as Grace
No Poster
Never Again
as The Girl
May and December
as May
A Victim of Jealousy
as The Wife's Friend
No Poster
In the Season of Buds
as Mabel
Ramona
as Ramona
No Poster
An Affair of Hearts
as Extra
The Two Brothers
as A Mexican
Love Among the Roses
as The Lacemaker
The Unchanging Sea
as The Daughter as an Adult
A Romance of the Western Hills
No Poster
A Rich Revenge
as Jennie
No Poster
As It Is in Life
as Daughter (Adult)
No Poster
The Smoker
as George's Wife
No Poster
The Twisted Trail
as Molly Hendricks
The Thread of Destiny
as Myrtle
The Newlyweds
as Alice Vance
No Poster
The Englishman and the Girl
as The Girl
No Poster
The Woman from Mellon's
as Mary Petersby
All on Account of the Milk
as Sophia Simpson
No Poster
The Heart of an Outlaw
as The Outlaw's Daughter, as an Adult
To Save Her Soul
as Agnes Hailey
No Poster
The Test
as Bessie
Through the Breakers
as An Extra
No Poster
The Trick that Failed
as Nellie Burt
The Mountaineer's Honor
as Harum-Scarum, a Mountain Girl
No Poster
Sweet Revenge
No Poster
A Midnight Adventure
as Eleanor
The Light That Came
as Daisy
The Restoration
as Alice Ashford
What's Your Hurry?
as Mary
The Gibson Goddess
as Woman on Sidewalk
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as Second Couple
No Poster
In the Watches of the Night
as Girl at Henry Brainard's
His Lost Love
as Mary
No Poster
The Little Teacher
as The Little Teacher
Pippa Passes
as Girl in crowd
The Awakening
as The Widow's Daughter
In Old Kentucky
as Partygoer
The Broken Locket
as Ruth King
Getting Even
as Miss Lucy
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
as Messenger's Sister
The Sealed Room
as A Lady-in-Waiting
The Little Darling
as Little Darling
The Seventh Day
as The Maid
Oh, Uncle!
as Bessie
The Indian Runner's Romance
as Blue Cloud's Wife
His Wife's Visitor
as Bessie Wright
They Would Elope
as Bessie
A Strange Meeting
The Slave
as A Slave Girl
Sweet and Twenty
as Alice
The Renunciation
as Kittie Ryan
Tender Hearts
as Nellie
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as A Disguised Servant
The Country Doctor
as Poor Mother's Elder Daughter
The Necklace
as The Maid / In Pawnshop
The Way of Man
as Winnie, Mabel's Cousin
The Peachbasket Hat
as On street/In store
No Poster
The Mexican Sweethearts
as The Señorita
The Faded Lilies
as At party
Her First Biscuits
as Biscuit Victim
The Son's Return
as Mary
The Lonely Villa
The Violin Maker of Cremona
as Giannina, Taddeo's Daughter
His Duty
as A young woman in the street
What Drink Did
Two Memories
as Marion's Sister